Table 5 The youth culture competence scale

… to speak in English?

… to make new friends among the European American students at school (work)?

… to have a good time when you are with European American peers?

… to feel you have a lot in common with peers from your own culture?

… to make new friends from your own culture at school (work)?

… to speak in your mother tongue? (your culture’s primary language)

… to know how to behave when visiting European American friends and their families?

… to enjoy yourself when spending time with peers from your own culture?

… to feel you have a lot in common with European American peers?

… to feel that European American peers understand you and who you are?

… to have a good time when you are with peers from your own culture?

… to go home with friends from your own culture after school (work)?

… to write in English?

… to write in your mother tongue? (your culture’s primary language)

… to enjoy yourself when spending time with European American peers?

… to feel that peers from your own culture understand you and who you are?

… to go home with European American friends after school / work?

… to know how to behave when visiting friends and families from your own culture?